WASHINGTON (AP) -- Signaling the seriousness of the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant germs, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the government to create a national plan to fight them by early 2015.

"This is an urgent health threat and a threat to our economic stability as well," said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as he joined two of Obama's scientific advisers to announce the steps.

Already the world is facing a situation where once-treatable germs can kill. Repeated exposure to antibiotics can lead germs to become resistant to the drug so that it is no longer effective in treating a particular illness.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, antibiotic-resistant infections are linked to 23,000 deaths and 2 million illnesses in the United States annually. The impact to the U.S. economy is as high as $20 billion, the White House said, or more, if you count lost productivity from those who are sickened. And the problem is worsening.

Obama signed an executive order Thursday that would form a government task force and presidential advisory council on the issue, and he called for new regulations to make sure there is appropriate oversight of the use of antibiotics in hospitals. The orders also encourage better tracking of antibiotic use and the development of new antibiotics and tests.

Air circulation equipment such as ceiling fans and ventilation fans with energy saving, durability and safety.

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Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa (PMMAF) – the regional headquarters based in Dubai, UAE for Panasonic Corporation, Japan and a leading player in the environmentally friendly eco solutions category is looking to expand in the potential Tanzania market, as part of its thrust in the East African markets.
Having crossed milestone achievements with its "Eco Solutions” product category in the Middle East, the company aims to achieve accelerated growth in the fast growing African markets.

The launch marks the beginning of a new phase where new innovative, highly efficient, durable and a broad spectrum of wiring accessories, protection devices like circuit breakers, distribution panels and air moving solutions like ventilation fans, ceiling fans, electric fans, stand fans etc will all be made available under a common platform.

The new category launch announced by Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa along with its valued and esteemed business partner United Traders LLC, Tanzania was well attended by over 200 guests

Alwiya S. Omar, a professor in the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, is one of more than 30 academics who were chosen by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to collaborate with African higher education institutions on curriculum development and training and mentoring of the continent’s next generation of scholars.

Omar, a clinical professor of linguistics and director of the Swahili Flagship Center, returned to her native Tanzania this summer and worked with faculty and students at the State University of Zanzibar. She will be going again in May through the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, and she will make other visits thereafter.

She is participating in graduate student training and mentoring, providing intensive teaching in the

A recent study showed that over-stimulating your brain with pictures of foods you are craving, may help kill your desire for them.
Professor Ryan Elder, who led the study, which is published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, said:

“In a way, you’re becoming tired of that taste without even eating the food.
It’s sensory boredom — you’ve kind of moved on. You don’t want that taste experience any more.”

What’s happening is that each time you look at another photograph of some food, you get less pleasure from it. When you're enjoyment of eating something decreases, you're a lot less likely to crave it.

This method may not work for everyone, but it could work for you if you feel like certain foods have you in their grip. You need to reach that tipping point, though, because just looking at a few pictures of delicious food can have opposite the effect and make your food even tastier.

Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, received a message of greeting from Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, president of the United Republic of Tanzania on September 9.

The president in the message extended the wholehearted greetings to Kim Jong Un and the government and people of the DPRK on behalf of the government and people of the United Republic of Tanzania and on his own behalf on the auspicious 66th birthday of the DPRK.

He, availing himself of the historical day, reaffirmed his will to continue to cooperate with Kim Jong Un and the government of the DPRK in order to boost the existing relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and two peoples.

He sincerely wished Kim Jong Un good health and the people of the DPRK progress and prosperity.